Mice given human "language gene" - they squeak differently

Mice given human "language gene" - they squeak differently
 

Since a lot of you like language, you'll probably enjoy this article.

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science...ene/index.html

It sounds a bit scary to me, but it's rather amazing what is still to be known through those experiments and studies. :)

No sabía que hubo este gene de los idiomas, ¡es muy interesante!

I didn't know, either. Yes, that's very interesting, but the mice didn't speak,,,

interesting!

I live near the Lancashire/Yorkshire border in England. A common species of bat, the pipistrelle, apparently squeaks in two different dialects across the border. So do the natives. Detailed study of their voices suggests that they may even be two different species. The bats that is, not the people!!

Yes? That's really surprising! I had never heard such a thing. But are they two different species or just one?

I have a dog, a big dog and she barks louder than my neighbour dog, who barks as if she was a flute. They both bark in a different way, but they bark. :)

I have a parrot so I read alot about parrots. The parrots in various parts of South America talk in different dialects, such as chirping differently.:) there have been studies where they have taken a parrot and relocated it to another region, the parrots in that region do not repond to his calls, they believe it is because they do not understand the calls of a different dialect.

¡Qué fascinación!:D

Really curious! And is able a parrot relocated to learn the new dialect?

It's true that parrots in different places "talk" differently... I've heard the same kind in two regions of Mexico and in Dominican Republic, and although there is a familiar sound, they seem to have a different range of "voice". :)


What kind of parrot do you have, Bob?

No sé, ¡pero supongo que es difícil para ellos!

Tengo un 'blue fronted amazon'.
No tengo una cámara, pero aquí es un 'blue fronted amazon'.

http://wickhamstonepark.com/images/scooter.jpg

And does he speak?

Le enseñé como decir, 'hello' y 'dingus' (su nombre) :)

Usualmente él no dice, sino murmura. jaja:lol:

You can teach him some difficult sentences in Spanish, so you'll learn from him. Maybe it's a good method for learning languages and we don't know :)

I read something about a parrot who spoke a disappeared language, I think in South America. But I'm not sure at all.

@Bob: Those parrots are so cute and bright. If you are patient and make them good company, they talk a lot and learn tricks. I had one that played football. :)

¿Por qué se llama "dingus"? I have heard this used before in Afrikaans with the meaning "thingy" or "what's-his-name"

p.s.

Does blue fronted refer to the colour of his forehead? Front in French, frente in Spanish?

Le llamo Dingus porque él empezó deciéndolo un día:)
No sabí que en Afrikaans el significado es thingy, pero fue buscando en un dictionario (no recuerdo la lengua;( quizá gaelic?) y dingus significa, "quien nombre ha sido olvidado/ whos name has been forgotten"

:D
Sí hay otros colores "red and yellow fronted"

It's very interesting your contribution David, I didn't know not nothing about the gen inside of the animals, I know that each human has a gen different, but I believe that the gen always will be distinct in the person of a family, and it will determine the speech of each human.

whos name has been forgotten (It's right this sentence):thinking:

I have other suggest in this sentence.

Who is the name forgot.


Nice animal.